horror tales

An anthology of horror stories from such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, H.G. Wells, and Horacio Quiroga.

"In the middle of the night . . . in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV . . . Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents--telekinesis and telepathy--who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, 'like the roachmotel,' Kalisha says. 'You check in, but you don't check out.' In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. If you don't, punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute"--Provided by publisher.

When a giant glowing fungus encroaches upon thirteen-year-old Eric's small town, he, his little brother Brian, and a runaway girl try to stop it--and figure out what happened to the Puritan town that had mysteriously disappeared from the same spot.

A collection of scary stories from the Crypt-Keeper featuring tales of zombies, vampires, and other beastly beings.

The saga of the feud between the Goode and Fier families begins during the witch hunts in Massachusetts in the late seventeenth century.

Johanna will do anything to be a part of the popular crowd and keep Dennis as her boyfriend, but will she kill for love when Dennis dares her to kill their teacher?.

Alexander and his new friend, Rip, are worried that the worms the rain has brought out are really the megaworms that Notebook of Doom describes but they soon discover that the night crawlers are trying to warn them about the monster tunnel fish that are threatening Stermont Elementary.

Jill is looking forward to moving into the house her Uncle Solly left the family in his will, but what she did not realize is that Solly, a world-famous magician also left a litter of nasty critters behind who are not at all happy about having company.

Billy McGee comes across both Slappy, the evil ventriloquist's dummy, and his diary.

"Magic Club is supposed to be fun for Frankie Miller and his friends. But that pest, Ari Goodwyn, is always ruining everyone's tricks. After a really embarrassing fail, Frankie wants revenge. When the legendary magician, Mystical Marvin, comes to perform his daring stunts, Frankie sees an opportunity to get even with Ari"--Back cover.